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Wobbly Keyhole Limpet

Lamarck, 1822

Fissurella fascicularis

Class:

Order:

Family:

Gastropoda

Lepetellida

Fissurellidae

Fissurellidae

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Shell Information

Length (mm): 32

Dextral

Chirality:

Description:

Ecological Information

Distribution:

Depth (m):

East Florida to the Caribbean Sea

0 to 0 meters

Diet:

Herbivore; They graze on algae.

Habitat:

Marine; Rocky intertidal

Misc. Facts

Citations

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Fissurella fascicularis Lamarck, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419356 on 2021-06-23

Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. Garc�a. 29. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579�699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico�Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas.

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